I'm not sure my style fits a contest like this, but what the hey. I wanted to go with something less modern. I think it needs more frills though.

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I think 'Canan' is a nice name for her. Her weapon is a halberd.
Her wish was to protect her family and home (a farm in the countryside) while the men of the family were away trading. However, this came back to bite her; once she discovered the need to fight witches to keep her soul gem bright, she herself had to often travel away from home, leaving it unprotected. While she was away one time, bandits burned the house to the ground. Overcome with grief upon returning and finding everyone dead, she became a witch.

She has two diffrent colored eyes left blue right grey. Her weapon is her umbrella it can be used as a sword and she can summon poison tipped needles from it and they will rain down.She can also use the pins in her hair as bombs.Her wish is to never be afraid.

Thats my picture i hope it's good enough >< Everyone else did a great job!

I've been stuck using a mouse in an old photo/paint freeware with a computer that died on me twice today. Still waiting on new software to install on my back-up pc. Definately getting a Wacom pen and tablet when I can after watching you create your drawing. It took me several hours just to craft a plushie tail in GIMP.

What Wacom model did you use in making this? Also man great video! I cannot afford a tablet sadly so im stuck doing the old pen trick

I'm guessing it's a Wacom Bamboo Fun tablet because he has Photoshop Elements 5 that comes with the tablet. I have the same one if so.

Yup, it's a Wacom Bamboo series. The Pen & Touch one, CTH460. It was 100 bucks back when I got it, but I'm sure you can find it cheaper now. What I love the most is the work surface is textured, providing a pen-on-paper feel.

Weapon: Her main weapon is the little decorations on her head that can turn into extendable hands when needed. The small arms can also fall off and become a gauntlet type weapon but that means the bigger hands have less strength. They are used for offense and defense.

Her sub-weapons are things she can make or find as weapons, for example: Bombs, a boomerang with sides that slice through things, gears, knives, baseball bats, mines, spearheads,trash can lids, and throwing spikes.

Wish:"I wish I could fix anything I want with my own hands."

Personality: In the most part she's always as positive as she can be so it rubs off on other people and helps out when needed. In serious moments she can be very cold hearted.

Dislikes: being bored/having nothing to do, certain bugs but not all, being useless, and selfish/attention seeking people.

(I'm gonna put the back story under spoiler so there's less of a long post e u e;)

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Back Story:
Ume was the oldest child in her family of four. Her father had died prior to the birth of her baby brother when she was 5. Her mother was weak at the time from her weak body, stress, and the loss of her husband, that she was ill after giving birth and she passed away. Ume and her brother were left to stay at their grandma's.
When her brother was 5 he had ran away at night because he was told what happened to his parents and thought that running away would do something. The following morning cops were their grandma's door saying that Ume's brother was hit by a semi truck while crossing the highway and died on impact. Ume was devastated more then her grandma was because she was losing so much in her life and she was only 10 by that time.
Ume's grandma had died 4 years later from old age. Ume had no relatives left but her grandma's friend offered that Ume could stay with her at her big apartment. Ume went through a small phase of depression while at her new home but then she truly thought about what has happened and came up with that she hates fate and wishes she could change it in some way- the way she would want it to happen. If she could then she wouldn't have to worry about death.
Kyubey appeared before Ume one rainy night in front of her apartment asking if she would like to make a contract with him to change her fate. She made a contract with Kyubey to become a magical girl and has been positive since then because she now could change fate if even just a little bit. On a side note she made an agreement with her grandma's friend then moved out moved to a different one in the building so she could do her own thing. Because her grandma's friend is old and rich and doesn't know what to do with her money, half of Ume's apartment rent is paid for by her.

TL;DR
Ume's parents died, ume and her brother went to live with grandma, broher died, grandma died, ume went to stay with grandma's friend, kyubey showed up and made a contract with her, ume is now the most positive thing ever.

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Witch Self

Name: Sudbina (Croatian for Fate)

Type: Tinkering Witch

Nature: Hopeless

The tinkering witch with a hopeless nature. She takes the form of a shadow as she depicts her previous hopeless self. She continuously makes minions for something to do as no one visits her barrier very often.

Minion

Pernas
(Portuguese for Legs)

Type: Tinkering Witch's Minion

Duty: Looking for light

The witch's minion whose duty is to look for light. They look for light as the witch's barrier is in darkness from smoke and dirt covering the area. They also carry the witch if light is found as she has no legs and if she does move it is at a slow pace.

Here is my submission, Lenore Poen. After losing both an eye and a sister to a fearsome attack from a wolf-like Remonstre, 17 year old American Lenore Poen was on the brink of despair. But with the aide of Matsuo Onikami, the Dark Valkyrie, Lenore became the Valkyrie of Mist, and fights to save others from the guilt feeding Remonstres. As Lenore is an Angel of Redemption, she has phosphorescent wings with traces of silver running throughout. Her silver studded camisole with matching spiral threads perfectly showcase her magical symbol, as seen on her black armband. Her knee-high navy boots and pleated skirt showcase both how powerful and how vulnerable Lenore is. Perhaps the most powerful symbols of Lenore are her flowery blue eyepatch and her wrist mounted crossbow, fueled by arrows created by her own aura. If Lenore met Kyuubey, she would probably wish to have died with her sister if there was no other way to save her, as she is incredibly guilty about watching her be dragged away.